HELENA -- Democratic State Auditor John Morrison, a former Helena attorney who has spearheaded efforts to make health insurance more affordable for Montanans, announced Monday his bid for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns.

News of the campaign was not unexpected. Morrison, 43, was considered a likely challenger to Burns and had been soliciting donations in recent weeks on a Web site offering information on how to contact his campaign.

"As a Montanan, I'm very concerned about the way things are going in Washington, D.C.," Morrison said in a written statement. "And so I've been talking with lots of my fellow Montanans about a bid for the United States Senate in 2006, and have begun laying the groundwork for a Senate campaign."

"Senator Conrad Burns is heading to the slaughter house come November 2006 and whoever wins the Democratic primary will need to find a place to live in D.C.

Burns is running for his fourth term, after breaking his oath to serve only two. Burns has a 36% re-elect number, is up-to-his hat in a corruption scandal, and has a voting record that shows complete disdain for the interests of Montana families. If the feds don't send Burns to jail, the Montana voters will send him packing."

WHY I'M A DEMOCRAT:"People who wear Christ on their sleeves and vote against helping people are the biggest hypocrites." - Charlie Melancon, in response to the voting down of the Melancon Amendment to raise levee funding.

And I wonder if Burns will even bother to run for re-election if his numbers are that low. Damn, the Republicans are having a hard time in Montana right now.

Yes, the Swing State Project is partisan. But its still a good place to get info and news regarding 2005, 2006, and 2008. They post facts, but the commentary to go along with the facts defintiley has a Democratic bias.

I've heard some talk of Burns not running for re-election... If his approval ratings and re-elect numbers completley bottom out, I could def. see him deciding against another run.

HELENA -- Democratic State Auditor John Morrison, a former Helena attorney who has spearheaded efforts to make health insurance more affordable for Montanans, announced Monday his bid for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns.

News of the campaign was not unexpected. Morrison, 43, was considered a likely challenger to Burns and had been soliciting donations in recent weeks on a Web site offering information on how to contact his campaign.

"As a Montanan, I'm very concerned about the way things are going in Washington, D.C.," Morrison said in a written statement. "And so I've been talking with lots of my fellow Montanans about a bid for the United States Senate in 2006, and have begun laying the groundwork for a Senate campaign."

"Senator Conrad Burns is heading to the slaughter house come November 2006 and whoever wins the Democratic primary will need to find a place to live in D.C.

Burns is running for his fourth term, after breaking his oath to serve only two. Burns has a 36% re-elect number, is up-to-his hat in a corruption scandal, and has a voting record that shows complete disdain for the interests of Montana families. If the feds don't send Burns to jail, the Montana voters will send him packing."

while all this is good and welcome news, where exactly did they get this figure of 36%? i am as partisan a Democrat as they come, but i want to have a more mainstream source for such figures than the Swing State Project, for i most certainly could not find it in the article that that site linked to.

while all this is good and welcome news, where exactly did they get this figure of 36%? i am as partisan a Democrat as they come, but i want to have a more mainstream source for such figures than the Swing State Project, for i most certainly could not find it in the article that that site linked to.

The 36% comes from a DSCC poll conducted about a month or so ago. I posted the poll a while back. Do a search, it will come up.